In which Ginger Baldy gets Real Real Gone and remembers a man who never ever did what he should.

1. Ride Jockey Ride - The Lamplighters

2. My Gal’s A Jockey - Big Joe Turner

3. Real Real Gone - Van Morrison

4. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard

5. Chain Gang - Bobby Scott

6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

7. Ella Speed - Leadbelly (This month’s death song)

8. He’s A Rebel - The Crystals (The Blossoms)

9. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

10. Chicken Payback - The Bees (This month’s earworm)

11. Magazine Lady - “Spider” John Koerner & Willie Murphy

12. You Can’t Stop Love - Popa Chubby

13. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

14. All Your Love ( I Was Missing) - Otis Rush

15. Time After Time - Miles Davis

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

"HE’S A REBEL AND HE’LL NEVER BE ANY GOOD HE’S A REBEL BECAUSE HE NEVER EVER DOES WHAT HE SHOULD BUT JUST BECAUSE HE DOESN’T DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES THAT’S NO REASON WHY WE CAN’T SHARE OUR LOVE

Written by Gene Pitney, produced by Phil Spector & credited to The Crystals but recorded by The Blossoms with Darlene Love on lead vocals.

The true story of the murder of Ella Speed (track 7) can be found at:

https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=3584.0

Small Town Talk’s sister show, Johnny Corsair’s Bright Lights Big City, can be found burning ever so brightly over at:

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

The Lamplighters compilation "Loving Rocking Thrilling" (track 1) can be found at the finest record company there is:

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/

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Episode 52 Illustration: Tom Absolom’s excellent “Real Real Gone”